I am a catalytic leader who tells ensemble stories about the formation of family and the romance of friendship.

I direct, write, and produce film, theatre, and new media. My first feature film, Him, is currently playing festivals across the US. It has been praised for its “blend of biting humor and unsettling drama” and has recently been awarded Best Ensemble Performance (Wood’s Hole Film Festival, Hell’s Half Mile Film Festival) and the Grand Jury Prize for Indie Spirit (Richmond International Film Festival).

I am the 2024-2025 Artist in Residence at Duke University, where I am developing my play GOOD. I have served as Artistic Associate with Acting for Young People since 2015, where I have written and directed over 50 plays for children. In 2017, I founded the non-profit theatre Who What Where Productions, where I produced and directed several world premiere plays including Spills by Ruthie Rado, which has gone on to successful runs in NYC and London. I am currently developing this old haunt, a new musical with Maggie Kane, SMJ, & Dillon Feldman, which was recently presented in concert at The Green Room 42. this old haunt was a part of the 2022 Season at Fort Salem Theater in Salem, NY and the 2022-2023 Season at Carnegie Mellon University. It has gone on to become a finalist for 2024’s Write Out Loud competition, be selected to appear in the 2023 Musical Theatre Educators’ Alliance’s New Works Collaboration Catalog, have a 29-hour reading with Tisch New Theatre at NYU, be featured in the Latiné Musical Theatre Lab & Prospect Theater Company’s New Musicals Mixtape Concert at Chelsea Factory, and be selected as a Finalist for Parlando School of Musical Arts’ 2024 New Musical Project.

I hold an MFA in Directing from Carnegie Mellon University, where I was a John Wells Fellow from 2020-23. BFA, George Mason University. I am also a TEDx speaker.

Coming Up:

GOOD
a play / slash / concert (and also a fable)
written and directed by Rebecca Wahls after The Good Woman of Setzuan by Bertolt Brecht, Margarete Steffin and Ruth Berla
with original music by Dillon Feldman
Duke University, Durham NC
February 13-15, 2025

➡️ Learn more at HIMTHEFILM.COM

Private Coaching

Rebecca is available for private online acting and dramatic writing coaching for children, teens, and adults via Acting for Young People. Her students have been accepted to BFA programs including NYU Tisch and competitive programs for advanced high schoolers such as the Signature Conservatory.

“Rebecca is truly someone you want to have on your team when it comes to professional, personal, and moldable feedback (with both direction and writing!). She is really able to see your vision and help guide you without being pushy or close minded, and I can't thank her enough for the input she's given me on my projects!”

-Juliette Aaslestad, Playwright & Actor